| By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News |
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| Good Friday afternoon. A major winter storm is taking aim at tens of millions of Americans, the U.S. is accusing Russia of plotting sabotage in Ukraine, and Alec Baldwin has turned over something police have been seeking in the investigation into the deadly “Rust” shooting. |
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| Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown. |
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States of emergency declared as winter storm takes aim |
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| 52 million people are in the path of a fast-moving winter storm as we head into the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend. |
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| Heavy snow has been falling in the Upper Midwest, as the storm pushes toward the Southeast and eventually makes its way to the East Coast. |
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| Al Roker’s forecast shows the storm system could bring 6 to 12 inches of snow, stretching from the Dakotas down to Missouri. |
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| “This storm will bring significant impacts from snow, sleet and freezing rain in different parts of the state, with likely power outages and travel disruptions,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper warned. |
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| In the Northeast and New England today, some 21 million woke up to wind chill alerts from a mass of Arctic air. |
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U.S. intelligence suggests Russia prepping “false flag” operation |
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| The U.S. has information that the Russian government is planning a “false-flag” operation to justify invading Ukraine, the White House and the Pentagon said today. |
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| White House press secretary Jen Psaki said intelligence shows Russia has sent operatives trained in urban warfare into Ukraine to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia’s own proxy forces, then blame the attacks on Ukraine. |
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| “We are concerned that the Russian government is preparing for an invasion in Ukraine that may result in widespread human rights violations and war crimes should diplomacy fail to meet their objectives,” Psaki said at today’s White House briefing. |
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| The Kremlin has not responded to the allegations. |
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Students walk out of classrooms over Covid concerns |
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| Students across the country are staging school walkouts in protest of in-person learning conditions amid the Omicron surge. |
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| Walkouts are happening today in Boston and Chicago, the nation’s third-largest school district that was forced to cancel classes for a week this month amid a dispute with the teacher’s union. |
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| Many of the students are calling for a remote learning option and tighter Covid safety protocols. |
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| Covid cases among children and pediatric hospitalizations have hit record levels in recent days as Omicron continues to spread, data shows. |
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Australia cancels Novak Djokovic’s visa again |
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| Novak Djokovic is facing possible deportation from Australia once again, after the country canceled the tennis star’s visa for a second time over his Covid vaccination status. |
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| Australia’s immigration minister revoked Djokovic’s visa today on “health and good order grounds,” and said it was in “public interest.” |
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| The government has ordered Djokovic to return to immigration detention by this afternoon, but his lawyers have applied for an injunction to let him stay in the country. |
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| Djokovic drew the top seed at the Australian Open, where he has won a record nine of his 20 Grand Slam titles. |
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What else we’re watching: |
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The federal government has launched a new website where every U.S. household can order up to four free at-home Covid tests beginning Wednesday. The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office has released dramatic new body cam videos of evacuations during the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history. Alec Baldwin has turned his cellphone over to authorities investigating the deadly shooting on the set of “Rust,” the actor’s attorney said, nearly a month after a search warrant was issued.The founder of the Oath Keepers is set to appear in court today after being charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.Video appears to show thousands of shredded packages from retailers like Amazon and REI on train tracks in Los Angeles, where thieves have been raiding cargo containers. |
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